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ArticleJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry2017

α-Glucosidase inhibition by flavonoids: an in vitro and in silico structure-activity relationship study.

Carina Proença, Marisa Freitas, Daniela Ribeiro, Eduardo F T Oliveira, Joana L C Sousa, Sara M Tomé, Maria J Ramos, Artur M S Silva, Pedro A Fernandes, Eduarda Fernandes

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Article in Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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139citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 390 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carina Proençaa UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Marisa Freitasa UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Daniela Ribeiroa UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Eduardo F T Oliveirab UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Joana L C Sousac Department of Chemistry & QOPNA , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.
Sara M Toméc Department of Chemistry & QOPNA , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.
Maria J Ramosb UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Artur M S Silvac Department of Chemistry & QOPNA , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.
Pedro A Fernandesb UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Eduarda Fernandesa UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6424-0976
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Aveiro · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Glucosidase inhibitors are described as the most effective in reducing post-prandial hyperglycaemia (PPHG) from all available anti-diabetic drugs used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. As flavonoids are promising modulators of this enzyme's activity, a panel of 44 flavonoids, organised in five groups, was screened for their inhibitory activity of α-glucosidase, based on in vitro structure-activity relationship studies. Inhibitory kinetic analysis and molecular docking calculations were also applied for selected compounds. A flavonoid with two catechol groups in A- and B-rings, together with a 3-OH group at C-ring, was the most active, presenting an IC

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Computer SimulationMolecular Docking SimulationAcarbosealpha-GlucosidasesDose-Response Relationship, DrugFlavonoidsGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsMolecular StructureSaccharomyces cerevisiaeStructure-Activity RelationshipAcarbosealpha-GlucosidasesFlavonoidsGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsDiabetesflavonoidsin silicoin vitroα-glucosidase inhibition

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PMID28933564
PMCPMC6009965
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